Ovchinnikov in September 2015

Justinian Ovchinnikov (Russian: Юстиниан Овчинников; born Victor Ivanovich Ovchinnikov, 28 January 1961 in Kosteryovo, Vladimir Oblast) is a high-ranking member of the Russian Orthodox Church. He held the title of archbishop of the patriarchal parishes in the United States from March 2010[1] to 2014.[2]

Prior to this appointment, he was head of the Diocese of Tiraspol, in Transnistria (Moldova) and its mother church, the Christmas Church from 1998 to 2010.[3]

References

  1. ↑ ЖУРНАЛЫ заседания Священного Синода от 5 марта 2010 года, журнал №5. (in Russian)
  2. ↑ "History". mospatusa.com. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  3. ↑ Council of Europe (3 July 1998). Complicity of the Patriarchate of Moscow and all Russia with the illegal and secessionist regime installed in the east of the Moldovan Republic, Written Declaration No. 279, Doc. 8156. p. 1. Retrieved 7 March 2011.


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